AK Government Officials Since 1790
Governors of the State of Alaska
- Bill Egan 1959-66, 1970-74
- Walter Hickel 1966-69, 1990-94
- Keith Miller 1969-70
- Jay Hammond 1974-82
- William Sheffield 1982-86
- Steve Cowper 1986-90
- Tony Knowles 1994-02
- Frank Murkowski 2002-06
- Sarah Palin 2006-09
- Sean Parnell 2009-14
- Bill Walker 2014-18
- Mike Dunleavy 2018-Present
Alaska's Congressional Representatives
Alaska's Senators
- E.L. "Bob" Bartlett 1959-68
- Ernest Gruening 1959-68
- Ted Stevens 1968-2009
- Mike Gravel 1968-80
- Frank Murkowski 1980-02
- Lisa Murkowski 2002-06
- Mark Begich 2009-2015
- Dan Sullivan 2015-present
Alaska's Delegates to Congress
- Frank Waskey 1906-07
- Thomas Cale 1907-1909
- James Wickersham
1909-17, 1918, 1921, 1931-33 - Charles A. Sulzer
1917, 1919 - George Grigsby 1919-21
- Dan Sutherland 1921-31
- Anthony J. Dimond 1933-44
- E.L. "Bob" Bartlett 1944-58
- Ralph Julian Rivers 1959-67
- Howard Wallace Pollock 1967-71
- Nick Begich 1971-73
- Don Young 1973-Present
Governors of Russian America
- Alexsandr Andreevich Baranof 1790-1818
- Leonti Andreanovich Hagemeister 1818
- Semen Ivanovich Yanovski 1818-20
- Matvei I. Muraviev 1820-25
- Peter Egorovich Chistiakov 1825-30
- Baron F.P. Wrangell 1830-35
- Ivan Antonovich Kupreanov 1835-40
- Adolph Karlovich Etolin 1840-45
- Michael D. Tebenkov 1845-50
- Nikolai Y. Rosenberg 1850-53
- Alexsandr Ilich Rudakov 1853-54
- Stephen Vasili Voevodski 1854-59
- Ivan V. Furnhelm 1859-63
- Prince Dmitri Maksutov 1863-67
Executive Officers of the District of Alaska
- Brevet Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis 1867-69
- Capt. W.H. Dennison 1868-69
- Capt. G.K. Brady 1868-70
- Maj. J.C. Tidball 1870-77
In 1877, the US Army withdrew its troops from Alaska, leaving the Customs Collector in Sitka as the only federal official still located in Alaska.
- M.C. Berry 1877-79
In 1879, the US Navy assumed control of Alaska.
- Capt. George Brown 1879
- Capt. L.A. Beardslee 1879-80
- Commander Henry Glass 1880-81
- Commander Edward P. Lull 1881-82
- Commander Frederick Pearson 1882
- Commander Edgar C. Merriman 1882-84
- Commander Albert G. Caldwell 1884
- Lt. Commander Henry E. Nichols 1884
Governors of the Territory of Alaska
In 1884, the US Congress passed Alaska's First Organic Act, which organized Alaska into a territory. There was no elected legislature, and the Governor was appointed by the US President.
- John Henry Kinkead 1884
- Alfred P. Swineford 1885-89
- Lyman Eros Knapp 1889-93
- James Sheakley 1893-97
- John Green Brady 1897-1906
- Wilford Bacon Hoggart 1906-09
- Walter Eli Clark 1909-13
In 1912, the US Congress passed the Second Organic Act, which gave Alaska an elected territorial legislature. The US President continued to appoint the Governor of Alaska
- John Franklin Alexander Strong 1913-18
- Thomas Riggs 1918-21
- Scott Cordelle Bone 1921-25
- George Alexander Parks 1925-33
- John Weir Troy 1933-39
- Ernest Gruening 1939-53
- B. Frank Heintzleman 1953-57
- Michael Anthony Stepovich 1957-58